Nittanen was a waste of a callup, no? (if it were up to me...I would have benched Bourquelast Tuesday to hopefully wake him up and play him against the Leafs ...we needed Bourque's size and 15-18min. VS the Leafs...hopefully the playoff-Bourque, not the floater).

The only players who can push the bullies away from our skilled players (PK Subban, Pacioretty,etc) are Parros and Murray.

As long as Chara, Neil, Lucic, Orr, Shawn Thornton, John Scott are all there...we need Parros and Murray (especially VS the teams that have those players, so...it's not every game). If /Orr plays 5 min...Parros will also play 4-5min. As simple as that. I don't ever want to see Orr sucker punch Subban (I recently saw Parros pushing Orr away from Subban...:handclap:. Orr was really trying to bully and get something going with Subban).

We haven't been bullied/beaten up this year:amazed:, imo, and I give credit to Parros and Murray...:handclap:

Cheers

Mr. Hab

01-19-2014 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YMCMBeaulieu
(Post 78327687)

He's a great guy off the ice, but he's just an awful player who adds no value to this team and shouldn't be on a NHL roster.

Can't wait until White is back so this plug doesn't have to play anymore.

Nittanen was a waste of a callup, no? (if it were up to me...I would have benched Bourquelast Tuesday to hopefully wake him up and play him against the Leafs ...we needed Bourque's size and 15-18min. VS the Leafs...hopefully the playoff-Bourque, not the floater).

The only players who can push the bullies away from our skilled players (PK Subban, Pacioretty,etc) are Parros and Murray.

As long as Chara, Neil, Lucic, Orr, Shawn Thornton, John Scott are all there...we need Parros and Murray (especially VS the teams that have those players, so...it's not every game). If /Orr plays 5 min...Parros will also play 4-5min. As simple as that. I don't ever want to see Orr sucker punch Subban (I recently saw Parros pushing Orr away from Subban...:handclap:. Orr was really trying to bully and get something going with Subban).

We haven't been bullied/beaten up this year:amazed:, imo, and I give credit to Parros and Murray...:handclap:

Cheers

Maybe it's the way I see the games but I think you're overestimating his value. It seems more logical to take PK off the ice when Orr is on than to put Parros on because his presence cuts down on both the O and D.

Bieber fever

01-19-2014 12:33 PM

meh , it's his last year in the nhl and he wont play in playoff . we have bigger problem

JeanGuy Drouin

01-19-2014 12:42 PM

The Habs organization needs to grow their own tough guy trough drafting/free agent signing of young players of this kind.

They always go searching for some old, already established enforcers in waiting for the commotion that will end their careers.

Chris Cutter

01-19-2014 12:43 PM

Worst player I've ever seen in terms of positioning in the defensive zone, completely clueless of what he's doing and absolutely useless. It's pretty much a 4 on 5 every time he's on the ice and the play is in our end. He does serve a purpose but holy **** is he a bad hockey player.

Noob616

01-19-2014 01:00 PM

Seems like a really cool guy but man, he's pretty bad at this hockey stuff.

I don't like playing our token goons against the Bruins/Leafs/Sabres because you're just playing into their hands. The Bruins team toughness didn't stop John Scott from taking a run at Eriksson, but we're supposed to believe George Parros' 3 minutes a game is going to instill fear in Scott/Orr/Chara? It just seems silly to me, the Habs can be a clearly better team than the Leafs and it's stupid to deliberately make your team worse (we're basically down a forward when Parros is in the lineup, and we essentially had 10 forwards last night with Nattinen not playing more than 2 minutes). I'd rather just be able to roll 4 lines, dressing a token goon doesn't turn the Habs into the Bruins, and to try to match teams like the Leafs on gooning is just stupid.

Let Carlyle dress McLaren, Orr, and Fraser every game, and we can stop dressing Parros and Murray every game. Maybe Moen or Prust will lose a fight or two but those 3 regulars in the Leafs lineup are total pylons and we'd essentially be playing 18 vs 15 skaters. Let other teams play useless pylons, we don't need to dress them ourselves.

Stjonnypopo

01-19-2014 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Hab
(Post 78328167)

C'mon guys...Parros is there because thugs who sucker punched Bourque last year (Colton Orr) and other thugs like McLAren bullied Gorges...are still there.

Parros is just there against teams like Leafs and Bruins 'cause they dress so many goons.

Nittanen was a waste of a callup, no? (if it were up to me...I would have benched Bourquelast Tuesday to hopefully wake him up and play him against the Leafs ...we needed Bourque's size and 15-18min. VS the Leafs...hopefully the playoff-Bourque, not the floater).

The only players who can push the bullies away from our skilled players (PK Subban, Pacioretty,etc) are Parros and Murray.

As long as Chara, Neil, Lucic, Orr, Shawn Thornton, John Scott are all there...we need Parros and Murray (especially VS the teams that have those players, so...it's not every game). If /Orr plays 5 min...Parros will also play 4-5min. As simple as that. I don't ever want to see Orr sucker punch Subban (I recently saw Parros pushing Orr away from Subban...:handclap:. Orr was really trying to bully and get something going with Subban).

We haven't been bullied/beaten up this year:amazed:, imo, and I give credit to Parros and Murray...:handclap:

Cheers

Honestly, I think you're right, and just the fact that we have a guy who can beat people up if need be helps us. You're right that we haven't been beaten up this year. We wouldn't end up in a brawl like we did with Boston a few years ago, and if we did we wouldn't get our ***** kicked again.

Et le But

01-19-2014 01:10 PM

Good guy, had a pretty nice career by goon standards...but he's finished, and considering he was never very good at hockey to begin with, at this point he's a liability as a player and will intimidate nobody, especially considering he's a headshot away from serious trouble.

I wish he would just retire, because apparently Therrien can only judge players based on their role on paper and not based on what is right in front of him.

LyricalLyricist

01-19-2014 01:20 PM

He's probably better than his post concussion games indicate but he's just not getting it done. When he started the year he was pretty good.

Either way, playing him vs other teams offensive lines is pretty insane. It would be a lot easier if he faced other 4th lines.

TennisMenace

01-19-2014 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Hab
(Post 78328167)

C'mon guys...Parros is there because thugs who sucker punched Bourque last year (Colton Orr) and other thugs like McLAren bullied Gorges...are still there.

Parros is just there against teams like Leafs and Bruins 'cause they dress so many goons.

Nittanen was a waste of a callup, no? (if it were up to me...I would have benched Bourquelast Tuesday to hopefully wake him up and play him against the Leafs ...we needed Bourque's size and 15-18min. VS the Leafs...hopefully the playoff-Bourque, not the floater).

The only players who can push the bullies away from our skilled players (PK Subban, Pacioretty,etc) are Parros and Murray.

As long as Chara, Neil, Lucic, Orr, Shawn Thornton, John Scott are all there...we need Parros and Murray (especially VS the teams that have those players, so...it's not every game). If /Orr plays 5 min...Parros will also play 4-5min. As simple as that. I don't ever want to see Orr sucker punch Subban (I recently saw Parros pushing Orr away from Subban...:handclap:. Orr was really trying to bully and get something going with Subban).

We haven't been bullied/beaten up this year:amazed:, imo, and I give credit to Parros and Murray...:handclap:

Cheers

Well said. Some guys here do not seem to be able to see the big picture because they are always nit picking.

TennisMenace

01-19-2014 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noob616
(Post 78330933)

Seems like a really cool guy but man, he's pretty bad at this hockey stuff.

I don't like playing our token goons against the Bruins/Leafs/Sabres because you're just playing into their hands. The Bruins team toughness didn't stop John Scott from taking a run at Eriksson, but we're supposed to believe George Parros' 3 minutes a game is going to instill fear in Scott/Orr/Chara? It just seems silly to me, the Habs can be a clearly better team than the Leafs and it's stupid to deliberately make your team worse (we're basically down a forward when Parros is in the lineup, and we essentially had 10 forwards last night with Nattinen not playing more than 2 minutes). I'd rather just be able to roll 4 lines, dressing a token goon doesn't turn the Habs into the Bruins, and to try to match teams like the Leafs on gooning is just stupid.

Let Carlyle dress McLaren, Orr, and Fraser every game, and we can stop dressing Parros and Murray every game. Maybe Moen or Prust will lose a fight or two but those 3 regulars in the Leafs lineup are total pylons and we'd essentially be playing 18 vs 15 skaters. Let other teams play useless pylons, we don't need to dress them ourselves.

Lol, it's not your face getting pounded for the team. How would you like to be pounded by a guy 45 pounds heavier than you?